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- MP3 (MPEG 2, LAYER 3) IS A DIGITAL FILE FORMAT FOR AUDIO (MUSIC).
- YOU CAN DOWNLOAD MP3 SONGS FROM MANY WEBSITES ON THE INTERNET
(PLEASE OBSERVE THE COPYRIGHT REGULATIONS OF YOUR COUNTRY).
- MP3 SONGS ARE MUCH SMALLER IS MEMORY SIZE COMPARED WITH NORMAL
CD-AUDIO FORMAT SONGS. THIS IS CALLED “COMPRESSION” & IT ALLOWS
MUCH MORE RECORDING TIME ON A STANDARD CD THAN THE NORMAL
74 MINUTES (FOR NORMAL CD-AUDIO).
WHAT IS MP3 ?
- PRESS
KEY TO SWITCH ON THE UNIT.
- INSERT AN MP3 CD INTO THE PLAYER AND CLOSE THE CD DOOR.
- PRESS THE
KEY.
- THE DISK WILL SPIN AND THEN PLAYBACK THE FIRST SONG (TRACK), THE
DISPLAY WILL INDICATE THE CURRENT TRACK NO. (“001” IF IT IS THE FIRST
TRACK) AS WELL AS THE PLAY TIME OF THAT TRACK IN MINUTES AND SECONDS.
- AT ANYTIME DURING PLAYBACK, PRESS
KEY TO PAUSE
OPERATION OF THE UNIT. PRESS
KEY TO RESUME
OPERATION AT THE SAME TRACK & POSITION.
- AT ANYTIME DURING PLAYBACK, PRESS AND RELEASE OR
TO SKIP FORWARDS OR BACKWARDS BY ONE TRACK.
- AT ANYTIME DURING PLAYBACK, PRESS AND HOLD OR
TO REVIEW (FAST REWIND) OR CUE (FAST FORWARDS) THE CURRENT TRACK.
- AT ANYTIME DURING PLAYBACK, PRESS AND HOLD
KEY FOR 1
SECOND. THE DISPLAY WILL SHOW THE FILE NAME (SONG NAME) INFORMATION.
HOW TO PLAY MP3 DISCS
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PROGRAMMING THE CD-PLAYER
- THE CD PLAYER CAN BE PROGRAMMED TO PLAY ANY SEQUENCE OF UPTO 64
TRACKS, AS DESIRED.
- ALWAYS PRESS THE KEY BEFORE STARTING THE PROGRAMMING.
- PRESS THE
ONCE, THE DISPLAY WILL SHOW THE “MEMORY”
SYMBOL TO INDICATE THAT THE SET IS NOW IN “MEMORY PROGRAMMING MODE”.
- PRESS THE OR TO SELECT THE TRACK (SONG)
NUMBER YOU WISH TO BE STORED IN THE CURRENT MEMORY (PROGRAM)
POSITION.
- PRESS THE
TO CONFIRM YOUR SELECTION.
- REPEAT THE PREVIOUS 2 STEPS, EACH TIME SELECTING ANY TRACK NUMBER
OF YOUR CHOICE TO BE STORED IN SUCCESSIVE (PROGRAM) POSITIONS.
- AFTER A MAXIMUM OF 64 SONGS (OR LESS) HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS
DESCRIBED ABOVE, PRESS
, THE DISPLAY WILL NOW SHOW
MEMORY TO INDICATE YOU HAVE SAVED A PROGRAM-MEMORY.
- PRESS
, THE CD-PLAYER WILL PLAYBACK THE “SAVED SEQUENCE” IN
THE PROGRAM MEMORY.
- TO CLEAR (CANCEL) THE ENTIRE PROGRAM WHICH IS STORED IN THE
MEMORY, SIMPLY PRESS
, THIS WILL RESET THE MEMORY &
CLEAR THE PROGRAM.
KEY
KEY
KEY
KEY
KEY
STOP
PROGRAM
PROGRAM
PROGRAM
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FOR NORMAL CD-AUDIO DISCS:
- PRESS THE OR TO SELECT THE ALBUM (FOLDER DIRECTORY)
NUMBER WHICH CONTAINS THE SONG YOU WISH TO SELECT
- PRESS THE
TO CONFIRM
- PRESS THE OR TO SELECT THE TRACK (SONG) NUMBER
YOU WISH TO TO BE STORED IN THE CURRENT MEMORY (PROGRAM) POSITION.
- PRESS THE BUTTON TO CONFIRM YOUR SELECTION.
- REPEAT THE PREVIOUS 4 STEPS, EACH TIME SELECTING ANY ALBUM AND TRACK
NUMBER OF YOUR CHOICE TO BE STORED IN SUCCESSIVE (PROGRAM) POSITIONS.
- AFTER A MAXIMUM OF 64 SONGS (OR LESS) HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS
DESCRIBED ABOVE, PRESS
, THE DISPLAY WILL NOW SHOW
MEMORY TO INDICATE YOU HAVE SAVED A PROGRAM-MEMORY.
- PRESS
, THE CD-PLAYER WILL PLAYBACK THE “SAVED SEQUENCE”
IN THE PROGRAM MEMORY.
- TO CLEAR (CANCEL) THE ENTIRE PROGRAM WHICH IS STORED IN THE
MEMORY, SIMPLY PRESS
, THIS WILL RESET THE MEMORY &
CLEAR THE PROGRAM.
KEY
KEY
KEY
KEY
FOR CD-MP3 DATA DISCS:
PROGRAM
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PROGRAM
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- THE EXACT LENGTH OF RECORDING TIME DEPENDS ON THE
“COMPRESSION RATE” OF THE MP3 SONG YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED.
- COMPRESSION RATE IS SPECIFIED IN “KBPS” (KILOBITS PER SECOND). FOR
EXAMPLE : “128 KBPS”: THE HIGHER THIS NUMBER, THE BIGGER THE MP3 FILE
SIZE (THE BETTER THE SOUND QUALITY) AND THE LOWER THE RECORDING
TIME ON A CD-R. NORMALLY BASED ON 128 KBPS, YOU SHOULD HAVE
APPROX. 250-300 MINUTES OF RECORDING TIME ON A CD-R.
- MP3 SONGS CAN BE RECORDED WITH SOME “TEXT INFORMATION” AS PART
OF THE SAME FILE. IT CONSISTS OF (AMONG OTHER DETAILS:)
- FILE NAME (SONG NAME)
- ARTIST NAME
- YOUR CD-MP3 PLAYER CAN LOCATE (“FIND”) A SONG ON AN MP3-CD DISC FROM
THE "FILE NAME", THEREFORE YOU SHOULD TRY TO NAME ALL YOUR MP3 FILES WITH
THE ACTUAL NAME OF THE SONG THAT IT CONTAINS.
- THERE ARE BASICALLY 2 WAYS TO MAKE AN MP3-CD WITH YOUR FAVORITE
SONGS :
- DOWNLOAD MP3 SONGS FROM INTERNET & BURN THEM ON A
CD-R DISC ON YOUR COMPUTER.
- CONVERT CD-AUDIO FILES (FROM A NORMAL MUSIC CD) ONTO
YOUR COMPUTER INTO MP3 FORMAT, USING A KIND
SOFTWARE CALLED “CD-RIPPER”.
(WHICH IS FREEWARE/SHAREWARE ON INTERNET).
TEXT DISPLAY MODE (id3 display)
- THIS UNIT IS CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING THE "TEXT INFORMATION" (id3 TAG) OF AN MP3
SONG ON THE LCD DISPLAY.
- TO SWITCH ON THIS FUNCTION, SIMPLY PRESS & HOLD THE KEY FOR 3
SECONDS.
- TO SWITCH BACK TO NORMAL DISPLAY MODE (TO DISPLAY TRACK NUMBER, etc.),
PRESS & HOLD THE KEY AGAIN FOR 3 SECONDS.
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